Reading from afar, the news that some MPs, led apparently by Theresa May, are lamenting the silencing of the chimes from the Queen Elizabeth Tower for the next four years is absolutely laughable!

I mean it – I laughed out loud when I heard that!

One’s faith in the contact MPs have with reality is really challenged on this one. The tower itself needs renovating, and the image of workmen having to scamper into hiding every time the clock chimed is priceless. The clock itself needs work done to it too, apparently. Let them get on with it, I say!

When would be a good time to do this? After the next general election?

With so many important issues demanding the government and parliament’s attention, they should really avoid doing a ‘Boris’ and make ridiculous comments on such things as the silence of the chimes!

Whatever next? Heaven forbid they demand the re-casting of Big Ben itself, so that the crack which gives the bell its distinctive sound is removed!